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Moon facts at your fingertips

See below for a list of links to fun and useful facts about Earth’s companion world.

Do you want to know the date of the full moon? The full moon’s name? The moon’s current phase? The moon’s rising and setting time? How about when the moon is at perigee – closest to Earth for the month? Or maybe how long the lunar month lasts this time around? Find all this and more on our moon facts page. If you can’t find what you’re seeking, contact us and we’ll try to help you!

Bruce McClure has served as lead writer for EarthSky's popular Tonight pages since 2004. He's a sundial aficionado, whose love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and sailing in the North Atlantic, where he earned his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation. He also writes and hosts public astronomy programs and planetarium programs in and around his home in upstate New York.